Crystal chemistry of natural layered double hydroxides. 5. Single-crystal structure refinement of hydrotalcite, [Mg6Al2(OH)16](CO3)(H2O)4
2018
Hydrotalcite, ideally [Mg6Al2(OH)16](CO3)(H2O)4, was studied in samples from Dypingdal, Snarum, Norway (3R and 2H),
Zelentsovskaya pit (2H) and Praskovie–Evgenievskaya pit (2H) (both Southern Urals, Russia), Talnakh, Siberia, Russia (3R),
Khibiny, Kola, Russia (3R), and St. Lawrence, New York, USA (3R and 2H). Two polytypes, 3R and 2H (both ‘classical’), were confirmed
on the basis of single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction data. Their chemical composition was studied by electron-microprobe
analysis, infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermogravimetric analysis. The crystal structure of hydrotalcite-3R was solved by direct methods in the space group R3m on three crystals (two data collections at 290 K and one at 120 K).
The unit-cell parameters are as follows (290/290/120 K): a = 3.0728(9)/3.0626(3)/3.0617(4), c = 23.326(9)/23.313(3)/23.203(3) A and
V = 190.7(1)/189.37(4)/188.36(4) A3
. The crystal structures were refined on the basis of 304/150/101 reflections to R1 = 0.075/0.041/
0.038. Hydrotalcite-2H crystallises in the P63/mmc space group; unit-cell parameters for two crystals are (data collection at 290 K
and 93 K): a = 3.046(1)/3.0521(9), c = 15.447(6)/15.439(4) A, V = 124.39(8)/124.55(8) A3
. The crystal structures were refined on the
basis of 160/142 reflections to R1 = 0.077/0.059. This paper reports the first single-crystal structure data on hydrotalcite. Hydrotalcite
distribution in Nature, diagnostic features, polytypism, interlayer topology and localisation of M2+–M3+ cations within metal hydroxide
layers are discussed.
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
47
References
13
Citations
NaN
KQI